Symbiotic Antagonisms: Competing Nationalisms in Turkey (Utah Series in Turkish and Islamic Stud)

Today, nationalism and nationalist sentiments are becoming more and more pronounced, creating a global emergence of ethno-nationalist and religious fundamentalist identity conflicts. In the post-9/11 era of international terrorism, it is appropriate to suggest that nationalism will retain its central place in politics and local and world affairs for the foreseeable future. It is in this vein that there has been a recent upsurge of interest concerning the power of nationalist tendencies as one of the dominant ideologies of modern times. __Symbiotic Antagonisms__ looks at the state-centric mode of modernization in Turkey that has constituted the very foundation on which nationalism has acquired its ideological status and transformative power. The book documents a symposium held at Sabanci University, presenting nationalism as a multidimensional, multiactor-based phenomenon that functions as an ideology, a discourse, and a political strategy. Turkish, Kurdish, and Islamic nationalisms are systematically compared in this timely and significant work. Br> Symbiotic Antagonisms : Competing Nationalisms in Turkey by Kadioglu, Ayse (Editor); Keyman, E. Fuat (Editor) Terms of use Today, nationalism and nationalist sentiments are becoming more and more pronounced, creating a global emergence of ethno-nationalist and religious fundamentalist identity conflicts. In the post-9/11 era of international terrorism, it is appropriate to suggest that nationalism will retain its central place in politics and local and world affairs for the foreseeable future. It is in this vein that there has been a recent upsurge of interest concerning the power of nationalist tendencies as one of the dominant ideologies of modern times. Symbiotic Antagonisms looks at the state-centric mode of modernization in Turkey that has constituted the very foundation on which nationalism has acquired its ideological status and transformative power. The book documents a symposium held at Sabanci University, presenting nationalism as a multidimensional, multiactor-based phenomenon that functions as an ideology, a discourse, and a political strategy. Turkish, Kurdish, and Islamic nationalisms are systematically compared in this timely and significant work. Table of Contents Symbiotic Antagonisms : Competing Nationalisms in Turkey by Kadioglu, Ayse (Editor); Keyman, E. Fuat (Editor) Terms of Use Acknowledgments p. ix Introduction: Understanding Nationalism through Family Resemblances Ayse Kadioglu and E. Fuat Keyman p. xi Part I Turkish Nationalism: Continuity and Change 1 Turkish Nationalism: From a System of Classification to a System of Solidarity Serif Mardin p. 3 2 Nationalism in Turkey: Modernity, State, and Identity E. Fuat Keyman p. 10 3 The Twin Motives of Turkish Nationalism Ayse Kadioglu p. 33 4 Nationalist Discourses in Turkey Tanil Bora p. 57 5 The Changing Nature of Nationalism in Turkey: Actors, Discourses, and the Struggle for Hegemony Umut Özkirimli p. 82 Part II Conservative Manifestations of Turkish Nationalism 6 The Genealogy of Turkish Nationalism: From Civic and Ethnic to Conservative Nationalism in Turkey Umut Uzer p. 103 7 On the Question of Islam and Nationalism in Turkey: Sources and Discourses Berrin Koyuncu-Lorasdagi p. 133 8 Turkish Nationalism and Sunni Islam in the Construction of Political Party Identities Simten Cosar p. 162 Part III Kurdish Nationalism 9 Does Kurdish Nationalism Have a Navel? Hakan Özoglu p. 199 10 Banditry to Disloyalty: Turkish Nationalisms and the Kurdish Question Mesut Yegen p. 223 11 Toward a Nonstandard Story: The Kurdish Question and the Headscarf, Nationalism, and Iraq Murat Somer p. 253 12 Reframing the Nationalist Perspective: Kurdish Civil Society Activism in Europe Vera Eccarius-Kelly p. 289 Conclusion Ayse Kadioglu and E. Fuat Keyman p. 319 References p. 325 List of Contributors p. 357 Index p. 363 Utah Series in Middle East Studies Today, nationalism and nationalist sentiments are becoming more and more pronounced, creating a global emergence of ethno-nationalist and religious fundamentalist identity conflicts. In the post-9/11 era of international terrorism, it is appropriate to suggest that nationalism will retain its central place in politics and local and world affairs for the foreseeable future. It is in this vein that there has been a recent upsurge of interest concerning the power of nationalist tendencies as one of the dominant ideologies of modern times. Symbiotic Antagonisms looks at the state-centric mode of modernization in Turkey that has constituted the very foundation on which nationalism has acquired its ideological status and transformative power. The book documents a symposium held at Sabanci University, presenting nationalism as a multidimensional, multiactor-based phenomenon that functions as an ideology, a discourse, and a political strategy. Turkish, Kurdish, and Islamic nationalisms are systematically compared in this timely and significant work.